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3SGTE@daSpeedof · 11-20-2005, 01:10 AM

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I've been having some trouble with my front breaks the last couple of days, I was planning on(tommorow) swapping out my passenger side caliper because I had to JB Weld the bleeder screw cuse I broke it, it didn't stop leaking but slowed it.
So I've been hearing a grinding coming from the wheels when coasting, and then it started to get louder when I was breaking. This morning on my way to work it locks up on me at a light, I reverse, and then put it into gear and it gets me to work, 5min. away.
Now I'm trying to get home after work today, and its locks up on me, so I put it into reverse and it moves back, so I throw it into 2nd, and try to go, and it locks up. I try to rock it loose, all the time stepping on the brake hoping to release it. I rev it all the way to 7 or 8k, and I start to see smoke coming from under the hood, and by the passengers side wheel. So I turned off the car walk to my moms place to grab my tools.
I get back to the car, pull the wheel, and pull the caliper only to find out it didn't seize up, so now I'm going wtf? scratching my head, so I turn on the car put it into gear, and try to move it, and it won't. I take my foot off the clutch expecting it to die, but it just idles like if I don't have it in gear at all.
So I know I'm fuck'd now cuse I have a blown tranny, and a car that I just finished a motor swap on that I can't drive, that I had to leave 2 block from my house, cuse I was just too tired to push it home.

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Streetglower · 11-20-2005, 07:46 AM

why not just go to autozone and buy two new calipers for less then $100 bucks with a lifetime warranty. it just amazes me what people will do these days to fix car problems. Like using JB weld on the bleeder screw. What are you going to do when you need to bleed the brakes? you cant, well not on that wheel.

pull your wheels, replace the calipers, pads, possibly rotors, and check the rear brakes.

3SGTE@daSpeedof · 11-20-2005, 10:41 AM

I have another caliper, I left it in a buddies car 2 weeks ago, he lives in scarborough, I didn't want to drive out to him, and he didn't have the time to drive out to me. He was going to come out here today, problem with that, is it still doesn't fix my tranny, which now won't go into any gear.

On a side note in canada we don't have an autozone, and one passenger side front caliper is $100, after taxes.

maxpower_hd · 11-21-2005, 07:08 AM

I believe you can get a brake caliper kit for short money. You should also be able to drill out the old bleeder screw. Then you can tap it and screw in a new one. Or jsut wait for the one in your buddies car.

I would guess that clutch went bad since it won't move in gear and that it smoked but I'm not sure why it locked up. You'll have to take it apart to fix it anyway. You will likely see the problem when it is apart. If you haven't already, check the inside of both rotors and see if they wore through where you can't see it. I've seen this happen before.

Good luck and let us know what you find!

3SGTE@daSpeedof · 11-21-2005, 10:17 AM

I got the caliper last night, I have to pull the tranny today, and see what happens, that was the thing, it would go into reverse but not into drive. Stepping on it I know I broke it but it was broken to begin with so it was a matter of time before it went on me.

Pineapple · 11-21-2005, 11:40 AM

Can you drive it in 2nd?